Chapter 574: Elder Xu Yue
The eyesight on the surface of the water is less than 20 meters, and the underwater is even more invisible to the five fingers, and the downward direction sinks, where to find it?
The mysterious boat approached the gold boat, and when it got closer, it slammed straight into the stern of the gold boat.
The water ghosts are searching underwater for their enemies, and the signal has been sent to seize the ship.
Moments before the mysterious boat collided with the gold-hiding boat, eight water ghosts had already hitched on either side of the mysterious boat.
The centipede boat with the iron-backed dragon in charge broke through the water, like an arrow off the string, and went straight to the port side of the mysterious boat.
"Up!" the roar was deafening, and all the water ghosts flipped up one after another and boarded the mysterious boat.
"Bah!" said a water spirit, pounced on the boatman sitting in the back of the boat.
The person fell down as soon as he pounced, without the slightest resistance, and a strange voice came out.
The water ghost rushed to the deck with a person in his arms, and suddenly screamed in pain: "It's not good, it's a straw man." ”
A water ghost opened the hatch, and the light flickered, revealing the shadow in the cabin. Suddenly, he shuddered in fright, and screamed in pain, "Ghost ship! ghost ship...... Ghost...... Ship ......"
The cry swayed, and the sound of the water sounded, and the diving slipped away.
In the cabin, a low altar in the shape of an incense case was placed, a lantern was placed, and there were more than ten incense sticks in the three-legged incense burner, and the incense had already burned a third. A god card, three glasses of wine and three bowls of rice, with some dishes and fruit offerings, a bunch of gold leaf, some paper clothes.
In front of the desk, there were some old clothes, and old daily utensils blood, a plate of old hook rope and a broken net, emitting a musty smell. A ghost ship is indeed a ghost ship.
These are the ships and things left behind by the lonely shipowners after their deaths, and the people died on the ships. The good Samaritan of the place collected the corpse, and the boat became a different thing, and no one dared to ask for it, so that the person was placed on the throne and the utensils of his life, the rudder was tied and the half canopy was raised, and the boat was pushed towards the center of the river, and it was left to fend for itself, when it sank by itself, it is not known, it is said that this kind of boat can be unsinkable for a year and a half, and enter the river and drift far to the sea.
This kind of ship was originally very easy to distinguish, because there was no one in front and behind the cabin, no oars, only half sails, the bow of the ship hung the spirit flag, and people who ate water food. This kind of ship is called a ghost ship, and it is avoided by burning incense from afar, and no one dares to approach. People along the river are also extremely superstitious, and if a ghost boat runs aground on the riverbank, no one else dares to approach it, and it must decompose and disintegrate on its own, or if it is temporarily washed away by the flood, someone dares to approach the place. It is not uncommon to hear all kinds of terrifying ghost stories about ghost ships, which are creepy to hear.
Tonight, the ghost ship's spirit flag was probably blown off by the wind, and the sail rope had been blown off without half a sail being raised, and I don't know who played a prank and put a straw man behind, no wonder the heroes were fooled.
As soon as the word "ghost ship" was called, it was terrible, and the people who had already boarded the ship jumped into the water in horror, and those who did not board the ship quickly turned back.
The iron-backed dragon is not afraid of ghosts, but the rest of the people, the rudder of the centipede ship, turned around and avoided it.
There was a big "bang", the ghost ship crashed into the gold boat, the sound of breaking wood was deafening, the two ships collided fiercely, and the bow of the ghost ship smashed the port side of the gold boat to pieces.
A wave hit. The gold-hiding ship sank rapidly.
The bow of the ghost ship was also destroyed, and it was still drifting downward, but gradually sinking, and soon disappeared into the distance of the rough river.
The ships of the group were anchored on the riverbank, and there were two centipede boats and two clippers missing. Counting the number of people, there are twelve water ghosts missing. Of the four ships that went missing, eight people were also missing.
When the day dawned, the missing person was never seen.
The group of ambitions felt chills in their hearts, and they couldn't figure out how the ship sank, and how did those water-based and powerful water ghosts who could soak in the water for three days and three nights disappear?
The ghost story of the ghost ship immediately spread away.
The five-clawed dragon and the iron-backed dragon gritted their teeth, and immediately after dawn sent people to dive to find the shipwreck, the ship could float away, but the gold could not float away.
The first gold chest was fished up, and when it was opened, someone shouted, "What's the matter! What kind of gold is this?"
It was a high-grade gold leaf, wrapped in stones, and when you opened the box, the gold was dazzling, and the foil stone was peeled off to reveal it.
"All of them were moved by ghosts. Someone shouted in fear.
Someone slipped away in an instant, and it was still ghostly in broad daylight, how could people who were afraid of ghosts not slip away at this time?, eight boxes of gold were exchanged for stones, and it was not false at all.
The gold was packed in boxes, which was personally supervised by more than a dozen masters led by them, and there were masters escorting them along the way, so it was impossible for the Chen family to transfer the package. So was the gold really moved by the ghosts?
A group of heroes and heroes returned to the Chen family in frustration, and this incident immediately caused the whole city to talk about ghosts.
The heroes didn't believe in ghost stories, and suddenly the city was full of wind and rain, and a large number of people were dispatched to search every corner of the suburbs, but the gold did not appear, and the whereabouts of Fang Shan were like stones sinking into the sea, and there was no news. Time is like an arrow, and it is the Qingming season in a blink of an eye.
The city has calmed down, and ghost stories are still the talk of the town. Because Maoyuanzhan has closed its doors, Chen Shaodong's family no longer causes trouble everywhere.
The day before the Qingming Festival, the sky was covered with dense clouds and rain.
The merchant must return on this day, and the wanderer must also return home.
The ancestral grave of the Eighteen Lin family is in the southeast of the city, which is a wilderness area full of hills, and there are three cemeteries near the desolate terrain.
Nearly noon, the Lin family's cemetery is being renovated by the Lin family's sons and nephews, pruning the pines and cypresses, removing weeds, and leaving only some weeds near the tomb, so that the head of the family can express his meaning when sweeping the tomb tomorrow. The huge cemetery, if you don't tidy it up in advance, you won't have time to catch up with the sacrifice tomorrow.
The tomb road is one hundred and ten steps long, two rows of pine and cypress, although there is no stele pavilion Huabiao and stone man stone horse to set off, but it still looks very solemn, the weather is thousands.
After being busy for a long time, Lin Zonghan, Lin Qingqing and five or six cousins, with more than a dozen servants for a long time, have renovated the interior of the cemetery to a new look, and it will only take about a short time to complete the construction.
In the nearby cemetery, there are also many people busy.
Lin Qingqing wore a green silk tights and a short sword for self-defense today, and seeing that the renovation work was about to be completed, she took advantage of everyone's rest and walked towards the south.
The wild grass on the mountain is green, March is the time when the wild flowers are brocade, the field is full of red and bright mountain red, with the word Yingshan to describe, it is really worthy of the name.
Less than thirty meters away from the cemetery, a figure flashed out from behind the poplar tree in front of her, threw a skill at her, and shouted wildly: "Girl, come to step on the green? ”
The distance is twenty meters away, and the other party deliberately uses the trunk of the tree to half-cover his face, wearing a green satin robe and a four-flat scarf.
When the man finished speaking, he turned around and left. Who is Lin Qingqing? How could she stand the teasing of a strange man? When she became angry, she snorted coldly, and chased after the person in a hurry, shouting as she walked, "Stop for me." "Let go of the trail and chase after it.
The man let out a long laugh, and his feet tightened, and his robe fluttered, like a cloud of flowing water.
She used all her strength, carried out light work, jumped more than ten meters, chased after three or five ups and downs, and approached behind the other party and shouted: "You are a disciple, damn it!"
The man flashed to the side and turned around, and said with a smile: "Girl, what are you chasing me for?"
Her hand was a fraction of a centimeter, and she didn't catch the opponent's right shoulder, and she couldn't help but be stunned, twisted around and stopped her right hand, but suddenly withdrew her hand.
Don't think that only men will be stunned when they see beautiful women, women can see handsome guys more than that, the reason why Lin Qingqing stopped was because there was a young man with white teeth and red lips and tiger eyebrows in front of him. Lin Qingqing also gave his hand.
Her heart softened, but she still asked unhappily, "You were rude to me just now?"
"How dare I?" replied with a smile.
"Do you dare deny it?"
"I've been in love with girls for a long time......"
"Wow, you still don't dare?"
"It's rude, it's rude, the girl is not to blame. I unintentionally offended the girl verbally, but I just honestly expressed the feeling of joy in my heart. ”
"Nonsense! You ......."
"Girl, I'm not one of those kind of people. ”
"Tsk, the more you talk, the more unpleasant it becomes. She cried out with a heavy face.
The man smiled, bowed, and said with a smile: "The girl grew up in a martial arts family, and she only knows how to bend the bow and shout the wind and clouds on weekdays, and I don't know that there is still a romantic realm of wind and snow in the world, and I don't know that there is still a beautiful scenery and good day of true love in the world." If the girl doesn't want to listen to these beautiful sounds, and only knows how to fight and kill, I won't talk anymore. ”
"No one is forcing you to say it. She said smutteringly, but her anger had subsided.
"The girl thinks of herself as a chivalrous woman, but this chivalrous word is easy to say, but in fact, it is very difficult, just a thought, and she will be stubborn. Fall into the way of good courage and ruthlessness. In life, the problem cannot be solved by chivalrous words alone.
"I don't listen to your nonsense. ”
"Okay, don't talk nonsense, let's talk about something else. Look, this mountain is full of green, flowers are blooming, branches and birds are in pairs, butterflies are fluttering like wings, isn't this a peaceful and beautiful poetic and picturesque realm? Why don't we temporarily abandon those heroic thoughts of chivalry and righteousness, and enjoy these refreshing and pleasant beautiful scenery with ordinary eyes and moods? What does the girl think?"
"My name is Lin Qingqing. She spoke softly, and a strange light appeared in her phoenix eyes, and the heroic spirit and anger of the previous scarf had been thrown out of the clouds
The man smiled and said, "Miss Lin is in this mansion, and she can be said to be famous all over the world, with good reviews, and her reputation is all over the ...... of Jiangnan."
"Don't scold, okay? I know you're very eloquent, and I'm willing to bow down. She said with a smirk, a mixture of pride and pride. That person doesn't like to be praised?
"I'm telling the truth, why should the girl be too modest. ”’
"I haven't asked you for your name yet. ”
"My surname is Mo, and my name is Jiang. ”
Lin Qingqing looked at Xu Feilong intently, and said with emotion for a while: "The manly spirit is all on your Mo family children. ”
"Miss Lin, I don't understand what you mean?"
"I know another young man whose surname is Mo, but he is a dragon among men. ”
"Who?"
"He's not as tall as you, and he doesn't have the closeness you have, but he's a hero. ”
"Hey, who am I, my family? This man will not wait for him. ”
"His name is Mo Fei, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Brother Mo, the way you ran and dodged just now is certainly not a person who doesn't know martial arts. ”
The self-proclaimed Mojiang said: "In these years, there are too few people who can't martial arts. ”
"How many years have you been practicing, are you practicing riding and archery in the schoolhouse?"
"Hehe! I didn't even enter school for a long time. The art is a family biography, and what I learned is that the eighteen kinds of weapons and components are complete, but the pieces are not fine. ”
"You're too polite, looking at the way you just looked, it's definitely not mediocre. ”
The person who called himself Mojiang wiped a boulder under the pine tree with his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Miss Lin, sit down and talk, I heard that you have traveled in the rivers and lakes for some time, what are your heroic deeds, can you tell me about it, let me feast my ears?"
Lin Qingqing was very generous, smiled and asked Xie Yingying to sit down, blushing and saying, "You can sit down too!"
"Thank you. The man who called himself Mojiang said politely and sat down on the side.
"Brother Mo, it doesn't seem to be a local. She asked with a smile.
"I'm from Nanjing, I traveled here half a month ago, and I plan to visit the famous places here, but the weather is not good, and I haven't appreciated the surrounding scenery. ”
"Well, after Qingming, I invite you to visit Xishan, how about it? ”
"Really?"
"May I fulfill the friendship of the landlord, where is Brother Mo settled now?"
"At the Nampo Inn. ”
"Oops, it's so noisy, how did you set up there?"
"Hehe, when you're out of the house, you'll be fine. ”
"My guest room is still elegant, why don't you come to my house for a few days!"
"Miss Lin, I don't know all my life, how can I ...... it?"
"You and I hit it off at first sight, how can you say that you don't know your life? The day after tomorrow, I will ask my brother to pick you up at the inn, what about it? Promise or not to say a word? ”
"We'll talk about that later, right?"
"Well, I'll wait for your decision. ”
"Miss Lin, I remembered one thing, the Mo Fei you mentioned is the famous Yunmo Shuangqi on the rivers and lakes?"
"Yes, it's him,"
Mo Jiang turned his head and stared at her intently, but he looked at her with a red face, and turned his head in shame and said coquettishly: "You...... Why do you look at me like this 7"
Mo Jiang smiled and said, "I understand, I understand." ”
"What do you understand?"
"Everyone says that your golden bow and silver arrows are as green as peaches and plums, cold as frost, and they are all ......"
"Don't talk nonsense!"
"Oh, obey! girl, don't be angry. ”
Lin Qingqing sneered, blushing and said, "You are such a person, you are really flamboyant......"
"Indeed, flamboyant tongue, you should be beaten! Speaking seriously, there are many truths in the world, and benevolence, righteousness and morality cannot be said for three days and three nights. To put it bluntly, there are only four words: 'Eat men and women.' How boring it would be if there was no love in the world. Love is a righteous and bright thing, and there is no shame in saying it, since you and that Mo Fei admire each other, have the same spirit, and are happy with each other, what is there to be ashamed of?